Keynote: A look forward warehousing and supply chains in 2021 and beyond - The Future of Logistics Real Estate

The logistics warehouse of the future will be heavily automated, purpose-built for e-commerce and ready for tenants to “plug in” and go live almost immediately, a top executive for distribution giant Ingram Micro said Tuesday. Keynoting FreightWaves’ daylong webinar on the future of logistics warehousing, Ken Beyer, executive vice president and president of commerce and life cycle services for the Irvine, California-based company, said developers must focus on building design and construction to fully support the e-commerce requirements of small to midsize businesses that will enter the segment in droves in the years ahead.  Speaking with Prologis Inc. COO Gary Anderson, Beyer said developers would be well-served to follow the “data-center” model in which businesses outsource their information management needs to companies with massive data centers and have their data reside in the cloud for easy, secure access. Gone — or fast going — are the days when companies kept servers in large data rooms, and maintained them at huge financial and manpower costs, he said.   Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Watch Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices